Click:Glass bottles Gao Is Chief Designer Of JNBY Kids’ Clothing Line jnby by JNBY While the main clientele of the Chinese fashion chain JNBY, which was founded in Hangzhou in 1994 and now has boutiques in China, Canada and the U.S., remains white-collar women, it has more recently expanded to a much smaller (literally) consumer…
Sergio Rossi Offers Pre-Order Perks For Chinese Online Shoppers
Italian Brand Bought Back 5 China Franchises From Local Partner Last Year Shoppers can get 20% off their purchase by pre-ordering before August 17 As home-grown and international players continue to battle it out in China’s booming luxury e-commerce market, one domestic retailer, Shangpin (尚品) recently scored a victory with the launch of an official pre-order…
Ralph Lauren Faces Tough Road Ahead In China
Brand Expected To Launch E-Commerce In China This Year Ralph Lauren's 4D show took place in New York and London in 2010 Plagued by several marketing missteps, damaged by rampant counterfeits, saddled with a less-than-ideal retail partner for two decades, since 2010 Ralph Lauren has been retooling its China strategy to rehabilitate its brand image…
10 Minutes With…Fashion Designer Vivienne Hu
“For Fearless Contemporary Women Who Are Independent Yet Sexy & Feminine” Designer Vivienne Hu Former investment banker Vivienne Hu is a case study in following one’s muse, having left the finance game to study her true calling: fashion. Fresh off her graduation from Parsons The New School for Design in New York, last year Hu…
Saudi Royals Take Interest In Chinese Design
Subcontractor-to-Design House NE·TIGER Goes International With Traditional Chinese Styles NE·TIGER, which produces gowns featuring traditional Chinese design elements, hopes to compete with international high-end fashion brands. (NE·TIGER) As Chinese designers struggle to gain credibility in both their domestic and global fashion industries, one high-profile buyer has taken interest: a member of the Saudi royal family. According…
Chinese Retailer Bosideng Chases London Dream (Video)
Established Brand In China, Unknown Player In Europe Bosideng hits London on July 26Last month, Jing Daily looked at the global ambitions of Bosideng — a Chinese fashion juggernaut with over 10,000 retail outlets in its home country — as it prepared to launch its first overseas flagship in London. Despite the brand’s massive investment,…
Jing Daily Interview: Up-And-Coming Shanghai Fashion Brand, Front Row
Click:wps下载 “I Generally Stick To Making The Kinds Of Clothes That I Will Wear And Want To Wear” Front Row founder and designer Wendy (Image: Erica Ji) One noteworthy highlight that stood out among the usual runway shows at the recently concluded Shanghai Fashion Week was a “Tao Fashion Show,” held by a group of…
Eye On Shanghai, Part One: The Fakes
“Hello, Lady. Do You Like Some Louis Vuitton?” "Birkin," anyone? (Image: Sara White Wilson) A fashion industry veteran with more than six years in Paris under her belt, writer/photographer and Shanghai newcomer Sara White Wilson fills us in on her induction into the Shanghai luxury scene. In her first dispatch, Sara takes us into the…
Chinese Buyers New Fixture At London Fashion Week
Designer Paul Smith Plans To Open 20 China Stores In Next Four Years Popular Chinese fashion bloggers are now a regular sight at Paris Fashion Week. Now buyers are flocking to London The latest installment of London Fashion Week, which wraps today, featured the same runway shows, major designers and groups of fashion rubberneckers we’ve…
Hogan Taps Artist Yi Zhou For “Interactive Lives” Short Film
Short Film Spans Shanghai & London Yi Zhou with Andrea Della Valle and Stephen Dorff at the Hong Kong premiere Premiered earlier this month at events in Hong Kong and Shenyang, recently the Italian luxury brand Hogan commissioned Chinese artist Yi Zhou (previously on Jing Daily) to develop a short film, “Interactive Lives.” Depicting a…